Poetry and Artcreated 2014
Discover myriad lessons, ideas, and multimedia that explore creative expression and inquiry at the crossroads of poetry and visual art.

Ancient Artcreated 2014
Bringing together lessons, activities, videos, and information about antiquity, this page gathers materials related to the themes and subjects of ancient art.

The Cyrus Cylinder: Classroom Guidescreated 2013
Students explore the Cyrus Cylinder and related objects in the Getty Villa's collection to learn about ancient Persian art and culture.

Art & Science: A Curriculum for K–12 Teacherscreated 2007, updated 2013
Art and science meet in in this curriculum, which addresses the science of art production, conservation, and scholarship using the Getty's artworks and conservation practices.

Looking
at Decorative Arts: Lessons and Ideas for Discussioncreated 2003, updated 2013
Explore decorative arts with your class and discover ways to engage your students in the investigation of objects used in the daily life of the French nobility. This curriculum examines furniture, tapestries, porcelain, and scientific objects.

Art
& Language Arts: Ideas for the Classroomcreated 2002, updated 2012
These lessons were created and tested in the classroom by Los Angeles-area elementary teachers. Each lesson uses works of art in the Getty Museum's collection to enhance skills in language and visual arts.

When Art Talkscreated 2012
The materials in this curriculum are designed for a variety of English–language developmental levels. The lessons begin with identifying and developing new vocabulary, and progress to discussion and writing poetry about the work of art.

Exploring Photographscreated 2007, updated 2012
Enhance learning on any theme, topic, or historical period that is expressed by, or documented in, photographs. This curriculum provides students in middle and high school and their teachers with the tools to analyze photography.

Stories in Artcreated 2011
Engage students with works of art that tell stories through narrative art. Each lesson uses works of art in the Getty Museum's collection to enhance skills in language and visual arts.

Art & Architecturecreated 2011
These interdisciplinary lessons are designed for elementary and secondary teachers to prompt discussion and activities related to architecture-inspired art in the J. Paul Getty Museum collection.

Villa Summer Institute: Ideas for the Classroomcreated 2011
Interdisciplinary lessons created by teachers who have participated in the annual Villa Summer Institute. Each lesson uses works of art in the Getty Villa's collection and other resources to enhance skills in the visual arts and other disciplines.

Performing Arts in Artcreated 2011Explore works of art that depict subjects related to music, dance, theater, and storytelling. Engage students in diverse topics in the disciplines of visual art, performing arts, history, and language arts.

Secondary Teachers' Institute: Ideas for the Classroomcreated 2011
Interdisciplinary lessons created by Los Angeles teachers who participated in our Secondary Teachers' Institute. Each uses works of art in the Museum's collection to creatively enhance skills in the visual arts and other disciplines.

Historical Witness, Social Messagingcreated 2008, updated 2009Engage students with works of art that explore social, environmental, and political issues while teaching them about costs and consequences of significant events in U.S. and world history.

Working with Sculpturecreated 2008, updated 2009
Explore sculpture with your students by examining the distinct ways artists have explored three-dimensional form throughout art history.

Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?created 2008
Challenge your students to discover how "traditional" works of art in the Getty Museum's collection have inspired and informed contemporary artists.

When Impressionism Was a Dirty Wordcreated 2008
In these lessons, students explore examples of the Impressionist style, artists that influenced the Impressionist painters, and learn why the art movement was reviled in the art world of late-19th-century France.

Gods, Heroes and Monsters: Mythology in European Artcreated 2007
Engage your students in the investigation of ancient Greek and Roman mythology. These stories from antiquity are the foundation of Western art and literature and have been studied and reinterpreted over the centuries.

Visualizing Devotionadapted 2006 from original ArtsEdNet curriculum
Two lessons encourage students to think about how artists engage with religion in different ways—as participants in the creation of organized religious spaces, and as observers and documenters of the religious rituals of another culture.

Artful Womenadapted 2006 from original ArtsEdNet curriculum
Celebrate the history of women in art with stories of unique and amazing women. These lessons for primary grades cover themes of adornment, women as artists, and women's roles in the family.

Telling Stories in Artcreated 2006
These lessons explore how artists use color, line, gesture, composition, and symbolism to tell a story. Students will interpret and create narratives based upon works of art.

Scenes from the Headlines: Lessons and Ideas for Discussioncreated 2005
Investigate photojournalistic images from the 1940s through the 1970s. These photographs were used to illustrate stories in newspapers and magazines, providing visual accounts of events that have shaped 20th-century history.

Looking and Learning in the Art Museum (Grades K–5)adapted 2005 from original ArtsEdNet curriculum
Take your students to a local art museum! These lessons prepare your elementary school students for a visit to an art museum, including a lesson in the museum galleries.

Looking and Learning in the Art Museum (Grades 6–12)adapted 2005 from original ArtsEdNet curriculum
Take your students to a local art museum! These lessons prepare your middle and high school students for a visit to an art museum, including a lesson in the museum galleries.

Expressing Emotions through Artadapted 2005 from original ArtsEdNet curriculum
This unit encourages children in primary grades to express thoughts and feelings depicted in works of art with art activities in drawing, painting, and three-dimensional construction.

Shaping Ideas: Symbolism in Sculptureadapted 2005 from original ArtsEdNet curriculum
These lessons explore the ways symbols can be incorporated into three-dimensional art forms. Students design, sketch, and build their own symbolic sculpture.

Still-Life Painting: Arranging Natureadapted 2005 from original ArtsEdNet curriculum
In this curriculum, students will examine the genre of still-life painting. Lessons focus both on the artist's arrangement and choice of objects that symbolize abstract ideas, as well as his or her direct observation of nature.

Ceramics: A Vessel into Historyadapted 2005 from original ArtsEdNet curriculum
In these lessons students explore ways that ceramic vessels can give clues about their use in the past and provide insight into the cultures that created them.

Asian Influences on European Artcreated 2005
In the 18th-century, European artists borrowed decorative forms from faraway lands such as China, Japan, India, and the Middle East. These lessons explore this trend, called chinoiserie, through textiles, furniture, ceramics, and painting.